Despite the depressing revelation of continuing abuse from Liverpool fans 14 months on from leaving his boyhood club for Real Madrid, Trent Alexander-Arnold offered up an entirely contrasting surprise: he remains utterly in love with the city and its soccer club.
Alexander-Arnold’s departure for Madrid at the end of his contract last summer inspired a vicious backlash from those on Merseyside. The beloved academy graduate, who had spent the previous eight seasons as a first-team regular winning every major trophy available, was booed and whistled before his exit had even been sealed, with murals in his honor tarnished with unflattering graffiti.
